Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to the Public

From DailyTech: For those of you running Windows 7 (and that's likely a huge portion of DailyTech readers), Microsoft has officially made Service Pack 1 (SP1) available to the public. This move comes just a week after Microsoft provided SP1 to MSDN/TechNet subscribers.

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Intel's Light Peak May See the Light This Week

From X-bit Labs: Intel Corp. may formally introduce the first commercial implementation of the already well-known Light Peak interface as early as this Thursday. Moreover, Apple can be the first implementer of the technology with its new breed of Macbook Pro notebooks.

On Thursday...

TSMC Begins Shipments of 28nm Wafers to Clients

From X-bit Labs: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has initiated shipments of its first commercial chips made using 28nm process technology. At present TSMC manufactures only field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) using its most simplistic 28nm fabrication process called...

Adobe: Honeycomb tablets with Flash support coming in a few weeks

From InfoWorld: Adobe says Flash support for tablets based on Google's upcoming "Honeycomb" version of the Android operating system will be available "within a few weeks".

Honeycomb is the first version of Android designed for tablet PCs and is eagerly anticipated. Motorola's Xoom...

HP's TouchPad Rushed for March Release, Report Claims

From PC World: Hewlett-Packard is reportedly trying to disrupt the upcoming wave of Android 3.0 tablets by planning to launch its WebOS 3.0 TouchPad earlier than expected. HP's website still says the 9.7-inch tablet should arrive this summer, but a DigiTimes report quoting sources...

Blockbuster moves toward sale of company

From CNET News.com: The rental company announced yesterday that it will be holding a special auction to sell off its operation to the highest bidder. The company decided to hold an auction after a "stalking horse" bidder, Cobalt Video Holdco, came along and offered management $290...

Intel lists new Sandy Bridge mobile chips

From CNET News.com: Intel has updated its price list with new dual-core Sandy Bridge chips--some likely bound for Apple MacBooks and for just about every PC vendor on the planet.

The chipmaker yesterday added i3, mobile i5, and mobile Core i7 dual-core chips to the list of Sandy...

Motorola Xoom $599 on Contract Feb 24, Verizon LTE Upgrade Free

From DailyTech: As we get closer to the launch date of the Motorola Xoom (this Thursday), more details are being revealed on the device. The latest piece of info to come out of Verizon today is that the Xoom will priced at $599 from Verizon with a two-year data contract.

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